'A friendship that will last a lifetime begins just before Christmas in 1839 on a convict ship in Sydney Cove. Once on land Kathryn McGuire and Norah McCann are assigned to domestic duties in the city. However within a year their lives head in different directions. One will be reassigned to a farming family on the outskirts of the settlement, where she will marry an ex-convict who gives her new hope for the future. The other will meet a man whose Irish charm sweeps her off her feet, and whose unrepentant and continuing life of crime will bring her heartache and conflict all her days. These two families will be drawn together and also torn apart by the battle to raise a family and build a life in the expanding colony. But their greatest challenges will be in dealing with broken promises, learning to forgive, and accepting that sometimes it takes more than faith and friendship to bring about lasting peace of mind.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
